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What is Puzzle Battle on Chess.com?
What is Puzzle Battle on Chess.com?

Learn how Puzzle Battle works and how to earn season points to climb the leaderboard.

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Puzzle Battle

Puzzle Battle is similar to Puzzle Rush, but with a competitive twist! Instead of solving puzzles on your own, you’re paired against another player. Your goal? Solve as many puzzles as possible within the time limit while avoiding mistakes.

Puzzle Battle on Chess.com

How does Puzzle Battle work?

  • When you start a Puzzle Battle, you're matched with a player who has a similar Puzzle Battle rating. This rating is unique to Puzzle Battle and separate from your other Chess.com ratings.

  • Each player has 3 minutes to solve as many puzzles as possible without getting three wrong.

  • Both players’ scores are visible during the battle. If a player gets three puzzles wrong, they are out, but the other player can continue solving puzzles until the timer runs out.

  • The player with the most correct puzzles at the end of 3 minutes (or after both players make 3 mistakes) wins. If both players have the same score when the time runs out, the player with fewer incorrect answers wins.

Puzzle Battle on Chess.com

Season Points

You earn season points for every Puzzle Battle match you play, win or lose. The leaderboard for season points resets every month, so you can compete to climb higher every new season.

You can sort the leaderboard by points or rating, global or friends, and season, daily or hourly standings.

Puzzle Battle leadereboard on Chess.com


How season points are earned

Game result

Season points earned

Loss

1 season point per correct puzzle

Draw

1 season point per correct puzzle

First win in a row

1 season point per correct puzzle

Second win in a row

2 season points per correct puzzle

Third win in a row

3 season points per correct puzzle

Subsequent wins

The points increase with each consecutive win. For example, if you're on your 20th consecutive win, you earn 20 points per correct puzzle.

Puzzle Battle limits based on membership level

Puzzle Battle is available to all membership levels but with different daily limits:

  • Basic Membership: One battle per day.

  • Gold Membership: Five battles per day.

  • Platinum & Diamond Membership: Unlimited battles per day.

♟️ Try Puzzle Battle today and start accumulating season points. See how high you can climb on the leaderboard this season!

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